If Murray gets through he needs to get really angry and develop some good old fashioned Scottish hate and angst for Djokovic.
He's been far too paly with Djokovic in the past being his hitting partner in 2010 and we know where that got him at AO 2011.
He needs to hate Djokovic and the very site of him, his flat plastic hair, and his Serbian pals Troicki and Tipsarevic who keep retiring at strategic parts of tournaments to help gain their buddy an advantage.
He needs to hate Djokovic for stealing the Shanghai final 4 MPs and Rome semi match serve game with a lucky net chord.
He needs to think about how Djokovic humiliated him at the AO 2011 final and how he used Murray as a hitting partner previously to better his game and get to know Murray's and use that against him.
He needs to believe all this and Lendl is the man to instill the venom.

Neither has a good chance at all, but Murray has the better of the two. Probably only 20% based on Djokovic's form and his dominance on this surface though.

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Get angry! Get angry NA I tells ya. Enough of this calm facade over analytical stuff.
Djokovic is King Edward the first - r*pe pillage and slaughter of Scots.
AO final is Bannockburn and time for revenge.
I'm feeling it. That's the way.

Get angry! Get angry NA I tells ya. Enough of this calm facade over analytical stuff.
Djokovic is King Edward the first - r*pe pillage and slaughter of Scots.
AO final is Bannockburn and time for revenge.
I'm feeling it. That's the way.

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As over the top as this is, I think you're onto something. I think an under-rated edge Djokovic has over the tour is he's clearly taken the time to fraternize with most of the top players. I always see Djokovic clowning around with some other player in the locker room, or trading joke tweets etc. And it's not just his Serbian friends. Just from this tournament alone Stan and Ferrer BOTH tweeted at him good luck after he ripped their hearts out. In other words, he's taken the hate out of everyone's games, except for his main rivals, who generate hate for him more out of necessity than anything else. Well, except Federer, and even he's kind of mellowed out on that.

It's easy to say that this type of motivation is petty and shouldn't be a deciding factor, but every last advantage/edge helps.

If Murray gets through he needs to get really angry and develop some good old fashioned Scottish hate and angst for Djokovic.
He's been far too paly with Djokovic in the past being his hitting partner in 2010 and we know where that got him at AO 2011.
He needs to hate Djokovic and the very site of him, his flat plastic hair, and his Serbian pals Troicki and Tipsarevic who keep retiring at strategic parts of the tournament to help gain their buddy an advantage.
He needs to hate Djokovic for stealing the Shanghai final 4 MPs and Rome semi match serve game with a lucky net chord.
He needs to think about how Djokovic humiliated him at the AO 2011 final and how he used Murray as a hitting partner previously to better his game and get to know Murray's and use that against him.
He needs to believe all this and Lendl is the man to instill the venom.

As over the top as this is, I think you're onto something. I think an under-rated edge Djokovic has over the tour is he's clearly taken the time to fraternize with most of the top players. I always see Djokovic clowning around with some other player in the locker room, or trading joke tweets etc. And it's not just his Serbian friends. Just from this tournament alone Stan and Ferrer BOTH tweeted at him good luck after he ripped their hearts out. In other words, he's taken the hate out of everyone's games, except for his main rivals, who generate hate for him more out of necessity than anything else. Well, except Federer, and even he's kind of mellowed out on that.

It's easy to say that this type of motivation is petty and shouldn't be a deciding factor, but every last advantage/edge helps.

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My first post is slightly less over the top.
I thought at the time late 2010 how naive Murray was paling around and hitting with Djokovic when Murray was the more in form and likely player to dominate. He'd beaten Djokovic in 3 consecutive Masters finals and had the edge but still should have recognised Djokovic was a big threat and needed eliminating.
Very naive of Murray. Lendl would never have allowed that nonsense.

If Murray gets through he needs to get really angry and develop some good old fashioned Scottish hate and angst for Djokovic.
He's been far too paly with Djokovic in the past being his hitting partner in 2010 and we know where that got him at AO 2011.
He needs to hate Djokovic and the very site of him, his flat plastic hair, and his Serbian pals Troicki and Tipsarevic who keep retiring at strategic parts of the tournament to help gain their buddy an advantage.
He needs to hate Djokovic for stealing the Shanghai final 4 MPs and Rome semi match serve game with a lucky net chord.
He needs to think about how Djokovic humiliated him at the AO 2011 final and how he used Murray as a hitting partner previously to better his game and get to know Murray's and use that against him.
He needs to believe all this and Lendl is the man to instill the venom.

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Liberman Navirtitova tactics: Kill Novak :lol:

Hoping Roger or Murray wins the event...Preferably Roger. Novak and Azarenka...the classless champions should not win.

To be honest I can imagine Djokovic is a really nice guy and a lot of fun in private and it must be hard to develop a dislike and motivation to "kill".
You would really have to keep your distance so as not to be trapped in his spell.
Lendl did criticise Murray for being too close.

If Murray gets through he needs to get really angry and develop some good old fashioned Scottish hate and angst for Djokovic.
He's been far too paly with Djokovic in the past being his hitting partner in 2010 and we know where that got him at AO 2011.
He needs to hate Djokovic and the very site of him, his flat plastic hair, and his Serbian pals Troicki and Tipsarevic who keep retiring at strategic parts of tournaments to help gain their buddy an advantage.
He needs to hate Djokovic for stealing the Shanghai final 4 MPs and Rome semi match serve game with a lucky net chord.
He needs to think about how Djokovic humiliated him at the AO 2011 final and how he used Murray as a hitting partner previously to better his game and get to know Murray's and use that against him.
He needs to believe all this and Lendl is the man to instill the venom.

Get angry! Get angry NA I tells ya. Enough of this calm facade over analytical stuff.
Djokovic is King Edward the first - r*pe pillage and slaughter of Scots.
AO final is Bannockburn and time for revenge.
I'm feeling it. That's the way.

To be honest I can imagine Djokovic is a really nice guy and a lot of fun in private and it must be hard to develop a dislike and motivation to "kill".
You would really have to keep your distance so as not to be trapped in his spell.
Lendl did criticise Murray for being too close.

because there were no quality matches. the djokovic wawrinka match was barely over 4 hours long. it shouldn't even be considered a potential classic because we all know djokovic participates in suspect extracuriculars. it was boring through out the whole thing.

because there were no quality matches. the djokovic wawrinka match was barely over 4 hours long. it shouldn't even be considered a potential classic because we all know djokovic participates in suspect extracuriculars. it was boring through out the whole thing.